Vocabulary
Religions
Caste System
Government
Culture
100
a social class that a person belongs to by birth
What is caste?
100
the modern name for the major religion of India, which developed from Brahmanism
What is Hinduism?
100
priests and teachers
What is Brahmans?
100
the head of the cabinet and chief executive of government in parliamentary system
What is prime minister?
100
husband's family--his parents, his brothers, and their wives, and any unmarried sisters.
What is the family a women has to have when she marries?
200
ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism
What is Vedas?
200
in Hinduism, the consequences of a person's actions in this life, which determines his or her fate in the next life
What is Karma?
200
rulers, nobles, and warriors
What is Ksatriya?
200
the law-making body of a government
What is legislature?
200
to teach him the occupations to remain strong in their villages
What is the fathers' job when they have a son?
300
in Buddhism, a state of wisdom that breaks the cycle of reincarnation
What is nirvana?
300
one of the sacred writings of Hinduism
What is Bhagavad-Gita?
300
bankers, merchants, and farmers
What is Vaisya?
300
a king or queen who rules a country or territory
What is monarch?
300
Sari
What is the type of clothing used when a women has a baby?
400
the rebirth of a soul in another body
What is reincarnation?
400
the modern name for the major religion of India
What is Hinduism?
400
artisans and laborers
What is Sudra?
400
relating to a government with the parliament form of legislature
What is parliamentary?
400
Bollywood
What is the movies that are a very popular form of entertainment?
500
a name, meaning the "enlightened one", used for Siddhartha Gautama
What is Buddha?
500
a name, meaning the "enlightened one", used for Siddhartha Guatama
What is Buddha?
500
they did the jobs no one else wanted to do
What is Untouchables?
500
Lok Sabha
What is the House of the People?
500
Cricket
What is a famous sport known to India?
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